Plausible reasoning and the resolution of quantifier scope ambiguities

Studia Logica

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 271-289

  Saba, Walid S ^a   Corriveau, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plausible reasoning; Pragmatics; Quantifier scope ambiguities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248723210     PISSN: 00393215     EISSN: 15728730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010503321412     Document Type: Article

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